TEST MODULE 3 (B)
A. Fill in the missing word. There are three words you do not need to use:
giant, glimpse, dull, humped, appears, glance, illusion, human, fantasy, imagination, sightings, mythical, survived.
1. Garry really lives in a(n) _____________________ world! He believes that he will be the one who will take pictures of Bigfoot first!
2. Every culture has stories about______________________ creatures.
3. Nessie could be a dinosaur that somehow_____________________ .
4. We caught a(n) _______________________of a weird-looking creature hiding in the bushes.
5. ______________________ of strange creatures have been reported by people all over the world.
6. People who see one picture inside another are experiencing an optical ____________________ .
7. According to Norwegian legend, the Kraken was a(n)____________________ monster that lived in the sea.
8. Cubist paintings often have____________________ colours.
9. Nessie has a long neck and a _____________________ back.
10. When Natasha is stressed out, she always dreams that a snake-headed monster ________________ suddenly and starts chasing her.
B. Put the verbs into the correct Past Tense.
1. Mary ________________________ (drive) along a country road when a huge creature came out of nowhere and fell onto her car.
2. The research team _____________________(find) an unusual fossil and took it back to the lab to examine it.
3. It was the first time that Elizabeth ______________________ (ever/see) pictures of Bigfoot.
4. ‘What__________________________(you/do) at this time yesterday?’ ‘I was asleep’.
5. It _______________________(snow) for three days when suddenly the sun came out.
6. They __________________________(already / see) the film twice at the cinema.
7. Sam________________________(take) a picture of me while I ______________________(not/look).
8. Jack _________________________(work) here for six years before he left to go to university.
9. They ___________________________(walk) in the park when the storm broke.
10. The man __________________________(pay) for his new car in cash.
11. Last night I ___________________(drop) a plate when I ____________________(do) the washing-up. Fortunately it _______________________(not/break).
C. Circle the correct answer.
1. Has the research team____ anything unusual in the area?
A. spotted B. glanced
2. Two fishermen reported____ of a strange ten-legged creature in the lake yesterday.
A. sightings B. sights
3. Andrew’s nightmare was absolutely_____; he dreamt that a three-headed monster was approaching him, but he couldn’t move.
A. horrifying B. violent
4. Can you imagine what would happen if a dinosaur somehow _____ and was still alive today.
A. survived B. existed
5. When David saw the_____ of a strange animal in the bushes, he started shaken like a leaf.
A. reflection B. shadow
6. Why are you ____ at Stuart so angrily? Has he done something wrong?
A. glaring B. staring
7. Did the magician really make the man disappear or was it just an optical ____ .
A. imagination B. illusion
8. Annie loves story book about dragons, giants and other______ creatures.
A. extinct B. mythical
D. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
e.g. James believed in ghosts when he was a child. (used to)
James used to believe in ghosts when he was a child.
1. When I was still at school, I read a new ghost story every week.(would)
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. In the past, my sister made fun of Surrealist paintings, but now she loves them. (used to)
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. Sally visited her grandparents quite often when she still lived in London. (would)
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Eleanor’s parents never bought her books about monsters when she was a child. (used to)
______________________________________________________________________________
E. Underline the correct item.
1. It must / can’t be an oil painting. That artist only worked with oil.
2. This painting can’t / must be an original. The original is in a museum in Paris.
3. Are you coming to the art museum with us? I may / must come. I haven’t decided yet.
4. Did the artists Claude Monet and Pierre-August Renoir ever meet? They may / must have. Renoir painted a portrait of Monet in 1875.
5. Is that portrait of a man or woman? I’m not sure, I think it may / must be of a man.
6. You may not / can’t have seen a ghost. They’re not real.
F. Form compound adjectives using the words: three, blue, well, deep, good.
1. I had a night-mare about a ____________- headed monster.
2. My nephew is a cute little ____________ - eyed boy.
3. Sam is a very__________ - looking man.
4. Nessie is a ___________ - known monster from Scotland.
5. The Kraken was a ____________- sea monster from Norwegian legend.
G. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
1. Think ______ your parents! Shame on you!
2. They felt very nervous_______ going into the haunted house.
3. Have you ever heard ______ Stephen King?
4. She feels ill. She must be coming ______ with the flu.
5. Have you ever thought _______ having an exhibition with your works?
6. I can’t wait for this new film to come ______ .
7. Scary&Mysterious issue comes ______ next month.
H. Listening.
Listen to some people talking on a radio programme about dreams and match the speakers (1-5) to the statements (A-E).
The speaker is describing a nightmare he/she had as a child. Speaker 1 _____
The speaker’s dream felt very real. Speaker 2 _____
The speaker believes that dreams have a special meaning. Speaker 3 _____
The speaker’s dream came true. Speaker 4 _____
The speaker is describing a dream that he/she has often. Speaker 5 _____